Nitecki/Medical Prefixes and Suffixes: Directional & Numerical flash cards

Set: Nitecki/Medical Prefixes and Suffixes: Directional & Numerical

Term	Definition
ab-	away fom
ad-	toward, near
ambi-	around, on both sides, about
amphi-	around, on both sides
ana-	up, backward, against
ante-	before, forward
anter/o	front
anti-	against
apo-	away, separation
cata-	down, under
circum-	around
contra-	1against, opposite
dextr/o	right
dia-	through, throughout
dis-	apart, to separate
dist/o	distant
ec-, ecto-	outside, out
en-, endo-	inside, within
epi-	above, over, upon
eso-	within
ex-	out, away from
exo-	outside, outward
extra-	outside
fore-	before, in front
hyper-	above, excessive, beyond
hypo-	under, deficient, below
infra-	below, beneath
inter-	between
intra-	within
juxta-	near
later/o	side
levo-	left
medi/o	middle
meso-	middle
para-	alongside, near, beyond, abnormal
per-	through, throughout
peri-	around, surrounding
post-	after, behind
poster/o	behind, towards the back
pre-	before, in front of
pro-	before
pros/o	forward, anterior
proxim/o	near
re-	back, again
retro-	behind, backward
sinistr/o	left
sub-	under, beneath
super-	above, beyond
supra-	above, beyond
tel/e	distant, end
trans-	across
ultra-	beyond, excess
demi-, hemi-, semi-	half
mono-, uni	one
sesqui-	one and one half
bi-, di-	two
tri-	three
tetra-, quadri-	four
quinque-, pent-, penta-	five
hex-, hexa-, sex-	six
hepta-, sept-, septi-	seven
octa-, octo-	eight
noni-	nine
deca-	ten
hecto-	hundred
kilo-	thousand
mega-	million
giga-	billion

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Creator	snitecki
Created	June 11, 2009
Group	Nitecki
Subject	Nitecki Medical Prefixes & Suffixes
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Review of selected prefixes and suffixes commonly used in medical terms

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